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‘BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER’ REVIEW: AN EASY WIN OVERPLAYS ITS HAND IN A WEIGHTLESS TALE OF LOST SOULS
You wouldn’t be blamed if early on in Edward Berger’s BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER you found yourself feeling lost. This is not to say the film which stars Colin Farrell as a deep pocketed sweaty gambler is confusing. In…
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“VIOLENCE” BROOKLYN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: ROHAN CAMPBELL HAS A BLOODY NIGHT IN CONNOR MARSDEN’S VIBRANT MIDNIGHT MADNESS
It doesn’t take long to realize Connor Marsden’s VIOLENCE has the makings of a midnight madness cult classic. A film where an alternate 1980’s is run by street gangs decked out in punk rock attire and both a synth soundtrack…
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“TINSMAN ROAD” BROOKLYN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: A TERRIFYING JOURNEY BACK TO NEW JERSEY IS TWO FILMS BATTLING EACH OTHER
It is never easy returning home. To go back home is to revisit all the memories both good and bad and often face parents that even if loving have a way to reveal your harshest realities. At times the fear…
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“JAY KELLY” NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: GEORGE CLOONEY & JAY KELLY ARE ONE IN NOAH BAUMBACH’S SOMBER ITALIAN JOURNEY THROUGH MEMORY LANE
In the end we are all going to look back and wish we can go again for another round. It may seem a little too heavy to think about or even a downer of a way to discuss a film…
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“TRON: ARES” REVIEW: A BINARY PLOT RUINS A SPECTACLE OF VISUALS AND AN ELECTRIC SOUNDTRACK
If there is one thing kids love its CEO’s battling one another in a race for the most powerful artificial intelligence that could both save and destroy the world. In an age of superhero declining and Minecraft chicken jockey rising,…
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URCHIN REVIEW: HARRIS DICKINSON PROVES HE CAN DO ANYTHING IN A BEAUTIFULLY UNAPOLOGETIC LOOK AT ADDICTION
There is not enough caution when we hear an actor is moving to the director’s chair. It may seem like an easy and obvious transition for some and therefore should be emt with encouragement. However far too many performers make…
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“SCARLET” NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: MAMORU HOSODA’S POETIC ANTI-WAR FILM FINDS AN EXCITING BLEND OF THE OTHERWORLDS
One thing is certain, Mamoru Hosoda wants the world to be a kinder more gentle place. The director and animator who has nearly the last twenty years directing vibrant and often kind hearted films seems to be the kind of…
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“ANEMONE” NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: A MASTER RETURNS TO THE SCREEN IN A FILM LOST IN THE WOODS
Fathers and sons may never fully see eye to eye. Whether a son has a good relationship with his father is less impactful than if both the son and father have a deep understanding of one another. This includes who…
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“SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE” NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: A STUNNING SOMBER PORTRAIT OF SPRINGSTEEN BATTLING THE PAIN BEYOND THE MUSIC
To be from New Jersey means to know Bruce Springsteen. Ask almost anyone from the garden state and they will have their own Springsteen story. Perhaps it is the first time they heard him or saw him live or even…
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ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER REVIEW: PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON’S POLTICIALLY DEFIANT FILM IS THE BEST OF THE NEW DECADE
Paul Thomas Anderson is a rebel. The now soft spoken yet one time chaotic disrupter of late 90’s cinema has always pushed back on the status quo of what others may call elitists filmmakers. Anderson himself has often been associated…
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